Clip for hanging skirt

Abstract

A clip for hanging a skirt that can be attached to an existing hanger. The distance between clips can be freely adjusted to hang, skirts from small children's to large adult sizes without causing creases. The clip neither damages cloth of a skirt nor leaves marks on a skirt while preventing a skirt from slipping off a hanger. Furthermore, the clip for hanging a skirt is very small in volume and of low-cost. The clip for hanging a skirt includes a plate-like connecting piece ( 2 ), first and second pinching pieces ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) having smooth inside surfaces which are movably connected to both ends of the connecting piece ( 2 ) at positions under upper ends of the first and second pinching pieces, a vertical piece ( 5 ) downwardly extending from a center of the connecting piece ( 2 ) and having two protrusions ( 6 ) and ( 7 ) on a lower end portion of the vertical piece ( 5 ) each of the protrusions being directed to an inner side of each of the first and second pinching pieces ( 3 and 4 ), and a lock piece ( 8 ) foldably connected to an upper end of the first pinching piece ( 3 ). The lock piece ( 8 ) maintains the inside surfaces of the first and second pinching pieces ( 3 and 4 ) to be pressed toward the protrusions ( 6 and 7 ) by engaging the lock piece ( 8 ) with an upper end portion of the second pinching piece ( 4 ).

1. A clip for hanging a skirt, comprising:
 a connecting piece having first and second ends; 
 a first pinching piece having first and second end portions, said first pinching piece being movably connected to the first end of said connecting piece; 
 a second pinching piece having first and second end portions, said second pinching piece being movably connected to the second end of said connecting piece; 
 a vertically extending piece having a vertical member connected to said connecting piece and garment engaging portions that project perpendicularly from said vertical member; 
 a lock piece having first and second end portions, the first end portion being pivotally connected to the first end portion of said first pinching piece and the second end portion being configured to alternately engage and disengage the first end portion of said second pinching piece; 
 wherein said lock piece and said second pinching piece are configured to move independently of one another when said lock piece is disengaged from the first end portion of said second pinching piece; and 
 wherein said lock piece maintains the second end portion of said first pinching piece and the second end portion of said second pinching piece pressed toward said garment engaging portions when the second end portion of said lock piece is engaged with the first end portion of said second pinching piece. 
 
     
     
       2. The clip according to  claim 1 , wherein said lock piece has a cam portion which outwardly presses the first end portion of the second pinching piece, thereby driving lower portions of the first and second pinching pieces toward a closing direction when said lock piece is engaged with the first end portion of said second pinching piece, wherein the first end portion of said first pinching piece to which said lock piece is movably connected functions as a hinge. 
     
     
       3. The clip according to  claim 1 , wherein said lock piece has a convex portion at a distal end of said lock piece, the convex portion serving as a guide for disengaging said lock piece from the first end portion of said second pinching piece. 
     
     
       4. The clip according to  claim 2 , wherein said lock piece has a convex portion at a distal end thereof, the convex portion serving as a guide for disengaging said lock piece from the first end portion of said second pinching piece. 
     
     
       5. The clip according to  claim 1 , wherein said clip is integrally formed from thermoplastic resin.